FROYM KUPFER (b. 1905)
He was
born in Proshovits (Proszowice), Kelts (Kielce)
district. He came from a rabbinical
family. He attended religious elementary
school and yeshivas, later turning to general subject matter and studying
history at Lodz University. During WWII
he was in Bialystok and Soviet camps.
From 1945 he was in Lower Silesia, from 1947 in Warsaw, and 1957 in
Israel. He published historical works in
Polish and a great deal of Yiddish journalism in: Bleter far geshikhte (Pages for history) in Warsaw, also its
co-editor; Dos naye lebn (The new
life) in Lodz and Warsaw; Naye kultur
(New culture); and Di goldene keyt
(The golden chain) in Tel Aviv; among others.
In book form: Ber mayzels, zayn
onteyl in di kamfn far der frayhayt fun poylishn folk un der glaykhbarekhtiḳung
fun di yidn (Ber Meyzels, his role in the struggles for the freedom of the
Polish people and equal rights for the Jews) (Warsaw: Yidish-bukh, 1952), 231
pp.
Ruvn Goldberg
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